Do most Americans agree with President Bush that embryos deserve the same protection as human life?
No. The latest poll shows that only 36% think embryos are human life and deserve the same protection. The majority, 60%, say that embryos have the potential for life, but because they cannot develop on their own into a human life — at least at the early stage at which stem cells are extracted — they do not constitute a human life. 5. What is the public’s view on the morality of stem cell research? Two recent Gallup polls show the public is divided over the morality of research using stem cells derived from human embryos. The new poll finds that 49% of Americans think the research is morally wrong, while 47% do not. A poll from July showed slightly more Americans believing it was immoral, 54%, compared to 39% saying it was not morally wrong. 6. Do Americans think that stem cell research is necessary? Yes. More than seven in 10 Americans think research on stem cells is necessary, including 31% who think it is morally wrong. Just 23% of the public says that stem cell research is unneces
